281. Let's now return to Manuscript E. I have suggested the dates given for the events connected with the Explorers were defined from the right ascension days as they could have been reconstructed by extrapolations down to the time of Bharani. Not directly to the time of Alcyone in the Pleiades, but possibly indirectly so by enabling the reader to add 16 days to the true heliacal dates in order to reach the approximate apparent (appearance) dates:

... For in the ideal ritual calendar, the kali'i battle follows the autumnal appearance of the Pleiades, by thirty-three days ...

Lockyer's classification:
location of star	time of observation	relation to sun	definition
rising (eastern horizon)	morning	true heliacal	sun rising too
	morning	apparent heliacal	sun will soon be up
	evening	true heliacal	sun setting too
	evening	apparent heliacal	sun has just gone down
setting (western horizon)	evening	true heliacal	sun setting too
	evening	apparent heliacal	sun has just gone down
	morning	true heliacal	sun rising too
	morning	apparent heliacal	sun will soon be up

Of central importance was evidently the myth about how Kuukuu was struck by the Turtle, carried into a cave, and then abandoned there by his 6 comrades:

... They all sat down and rested [on the plain of Oromanga], when suddenly they saw that a turtle had reached the shore and had crawled up on the beach. He [Ira] looked at it and said, 'Hey, you! The turtle has come on land!' He said, 'Let's go! Let's go back to the shore.' They all went to pick up the turtle. Ira was the first one to try to lift the turtle - but she didn't move. Then Raparenga said, 'You do not have the necessary ability. Get out of my way so that I can have a try!' Raparenga stepped up and tried to lift the turtle - but Raparenga could not move her. Now you spoke, Kuukuu: 'You don't have the necessary ability, but I shall move this turtle. Get out of my way!' Kuukuu stepped up, picked up the turtle, using all his strength. After he had lifted the turtle a little bit, he pushed her up farther. No sooner had he pushed her up and lifted her completely off the ground when she struck Kuukuu with one fin. She struck downward and broke Kuukuu's spine. The turtle got up, went back into the (sea) water, and swam away. All the kinsmen spoke to you (i.e. Kuukuu): 'Even you did not prevail against the turtle!' They put the injured Kuukuu on a stretcher and carried him inland. They prepared a soft bed for him in the cave and let him rest there. They stayed there, rested, and lamented the severely injured Kuukuu. Kuukuu said, 'Promise me, my friends, that you will not abandon me!' They all replied, 'We could never abandon you!' They stayed there twenty-seven days in Oromanga.

Everytime Kuukuu asked, 'Where are you, friends?' they immediately replied in one voice, 'Here we are!' They all sat down and thought. They had an idea and Ira spoke, 'Hey, you! Bring the round stones (from the shore) and pile them into six heaps of stones!' One of the youths said to Ira, 'Why do we want heaps of stone?' Ira replied, 'So that we can all ask the stones to do something.' They took (the material) for the stone heaps (pipi horeko) and piled up six heaps of stone at the outer edge of the cave. Then they all said to the stone heaps, 'Whenever he calls, whenever he calls for us, let your voices rush (to him) instead of the six (of us) (i.e., the six stone heaps are supposed to be substitutes for the youths). They all drew back to profit (from the deception) (? ki honui) and listened. A short while later, Kuukuu called. As soon as he had asked, 'Where are you?' the voices of the stone heaps replied, 'Here we are!' All (the youths) said, 'Hey, you! That was well done!' He (i.e., Ira) said, 'Let's go! We shall go to Papa O Pea'. They all got up and moved on. On the twentieth day of the month of August ('Hora Iti') they went to Papa O Pea. They all went and came to Papa O Pea, looked around in Papa O Pea, and gave the name 'Papa O Pea A Hau Maka'. They stayed five days in Papa O Pea ...

Pea. (Also peapea): To go away with bits of food or mud sticking to one's face or garments. Vanaga. Peaha, perhaps ... maybe, chance, doubtful; reoreo peaha ... Ma.: pea, perhaps. Peapea, an erasure ... hakapeapea ... Peau, to sweep all away. Ma.: peau, to be turned away. Churchill. Peau, a wave (Sa., To., Fu., Fotuna, Niuē, Mq., Nuguria); Mgv.: peau, peahu, id. Churchill 2.

... But in the fullness of time an obscure instinct led the eldest of them towards the anthill which had been occupied by the Nummo. He wore on his head a head-dress and to protect him from the sun, the wooden bowl he used for his food. He put his two feet into the opening of the anthill, that is of the earth's womb, and sank in slowly as if for a parturition a tergo. The whole of him thus entered into the earth, and his head itself disappeared. But he left on the ground, as evidence of his passage into that world, the bowl which had caught on the edges of the opening. All that remained on the anthill was the round wooden bowl, still bearing traces of the food and the finger-prints of its vanished owner, symbol of his body and of his human nature, as, in the animal world, is the skin which a reptile has shed ...

JULY 26	27	28	29 (210)	*30 (131)**

(128) Ga5-17	Ga5-18 (128)	Ga5-19	Ga5-20	Ga5-21
*Al Áwwā'-11 /* *Shur-mahrū-shirū-18 (Front or West Shur)* Sombrero Galaxy = M104 Virginis (191.1), ρ Virginis (191.4), PORRIMA = γ Virginis, γ Centauri (191.5)	ι Crucis (192.2), β Muscae (192.5), MIMOSA = β Crucis (192.9)	no star listed (193)	κ Crucis (194.4), ψ Virginis (194.5), μ Crucis, λ Crucis (194.6), ALIOTH (Fat Tail) = ε Ursae Majoris, ι Oct. (194.8)	MINELAUVA = δ Virginis (195.1), COR CAROLI = α Canum Ven. (195.3)
Sept 28	*29 (192)**	30 (273)	Oct 1	2
°Sept 24	*25 (188)**	26	27 (270)	28
'Sept 1	*2 (165)**	3	4	5 (248)
*"Aug 18 (150)**	19 (231)	*Hora Iti 20*	21	22

NAKSHATRA DATES:
JAN 25	26	27 (392)	28	*29 (314)**
JAN 25	26	PAPA O PEA
ξ Phoenicis (9.0), ρ Tucanae (9.1), DENEB KAITOS (Tail of the Sea Beast) = β Ceti, η Phoenicis (9.4), AL NITHĀM (String of Pearls) = φ¹ Ceti (9.6)	ACHIRD (Woman with Luminous Rays) = η Cassiopeiae (10.7)	Legs-15 (Wolf) ν Andromedae (11.0), φ² Ceti (11.1), ρ Phoenicis (11.2), η Andromedae (11.4)	CIH (Whip) = γ Cassiopeiae, λ Tucanae (12.4), φ³ Ceti (12.6), μ Andromedae (12.8)	φ4 Ceti (13.2)
March 30	*31 (375)**	April 1 (91)	2	3
°March 26	27	*28 (372)**	29 (88)	30
'March 3	4	5 (64)	*6 (350)**	7
"Febr 17	18	19 (50)	*20 (336)**	21

JULY 31	AUG 1	2 (214)	3	*4 (136)**	5	6

Ga5-22	Ga5-23	Ga5-24	Ga5-25 (135)	Ga5-26	Ga5-27	Ga5-28
δ Muscae (196.5), VINDEMIATRIX (Grape Gatherer) = ε Virginis (196.8)	13h (197.8) ξ¹ Centauri (197.1), ξ² Centauri (197.9)	APAMI-ATSA (Child of Waters) = θ Virginis, ψ Hydrae (198.5), DIADEM = α Com. Ber. (198.9)	AL DAFĪRAH (Tuft) = β Com. Ber. (199.4)	σ Virginis (200.4)	γ Hydrae (201.0), ι Centauri (201.4)	*Al Simāk-12 (Lofty) /* Chitra-14 (Bright One) / Horn-1 (Crocodile) / Sa-Sha-Shirū-19 (Virgin's Girdle) / ANA-ROTO-3 (Middle pillar) MIZAR (Girdle) = ζ Ursae Majoris (202.4), SPICA = α Virginis, ALCOR = 80 Ursae Majoris (202.7) ~~SADALMELIK (α Aquarii)~~
Oct 3	4 (277)	5	6	*7 (200)**	8	9 (282)
°Sept 30	°Oct 1	2	3 (275)	*4 (196)**	5	6
'Sept 6	7 (250)	8	9	10	11	*12 (175)**
"Aug 23	*(236 = 4 59)**	25	Hora Iti 26	27	28	Hora Iti 29
NAKSHATRA DATES:		NAKSHATRA DATES:
JAN 30	31 (396)	FEBR 1	2	3	4 (400)	5 (36)
PAPA O PEA		FEBR 1	2	3	4 (400)	5 (36)
no star listed (14)	1h (15.2) β Phoenicis (15.1), υ Phoenicis, ι Tucanae (15.6), η Ceti, ζ Phoenicis (15.7)	*Al Batn Al Hūt-26 (Belly of the Fish) /* Revati-28 (Prosperous) / *1-iku (0)* MIRACH = β Andromedae, KEUN MAN MUN (Camp's South Gate) = φ Andromedae (16.0), ANUNITUM = τ Piscium (16.5), REVATI (Abundant) = ζ Piscium (16.9) ~~REGULUS (α Leonis)~~	ν Phoenicis (17.4), κ Tucanae (17.6)	no star listed (18)	ADHIL (Garment's Train) = ξ Andromedae (19.3), θ Ceti (19.7)	KSORA (Knee) = δ Cassiopeiae (20.1), ω Andromedae (20.6), γ Phoenicis (20.8)
April 4	5 (460)	6	7	8	*9 (384)**	10 (100)
°March 31	°April 1 (91)	2	3	4	5	*6 (16)**
'March 8	9	*10 (354)**	11	12	13 (72)	3-14
"Febr 22 (53)	TERMINALIA	24	25	26	27	28

The Bay of Turtles (Hanga Hoonu) was earlier, however, a place where all the Explorers had enjoyed a hot meal on 3 kinds of fishes - in contrast to the bad time when the Turtle came up on land:

... Again they went on and reached Hanga Hoonu. They saw it, looked around, and gave the name 'Hanga Hoonu A Hau Maka'. On the same day, when they had reached the Bay of Turtles, they made camp and rested. They all saw the fish that were there, that were present in large numbers - Ah! Then they all went into the water, moved toward the shore, and threw the fish (with their hands) onto the dry land. There were great numbers (? ka-mea-ro) of fish. There were tutuhi, paparava, and tahe mata pukupuku. Those were the three kinds of fish. After they had thrown the fish on the beach, Ira said, 'Make a fire and prepare the fish!' When he saw that there was no fire, Ira said, 'One of you go and bring the fire from Hanga Te Pau!' One of the young men went to the fire, took the fire and provisions (from the boat), turned around, and went back to Hanga Hoonu. When he arrived there, he sat down. They prepared the fish in the fire on the flat rocks, cooked them, and ate until they were completely satisfied. Then they gave the name 'The rock, where (the fish) were prepared in the fire with makoi (fruit of Thespesia populnea?) belongs to Ira' (Te Papa Tunu Makoi A Ira). They remained in Hanga Hoonu for five days ...

Their stay at Hanga Hoonu (Hanga-ohonu in the map below) evidently had occurred already before they reached Rangi Meamea and the beautiful beach of Oromanga - which should be to the west of Hanga-ohonu because Oromanga was at Anakena and the Sun went from east to west:

... The dream soul came to Rangi Meamea and looked around searchingly. The dream soul spoke: 'Here at last is level land where the king can live.' She named the place Rangi Meamea A Hau Maka O Hiva. The mountain she named Peke Tau O Hiti A Hau Maka O Hiva. The dream soul moved along a curve from Peke Tau O Hiti to the mountain Hau Epa [Maunga Auhepa], which she named Maunga Hau Epa A Hau Maka O Hiva. The dream soul went to the other side of the mountain Hau Epa. As soon as the dream soul looked around, she saw the sand (beach), which was very white and light.

She remained there and explored everything. After she had looked around carefully, the dream soul of Hau Maka said, 'Ah! This is the place that will serve as a residence for the king. She named the place Oromanga A Hau Maka O Hiva and also named the neighboring bay Hanga Moria One A Hau Maka O Hiva ...

i te rua te kauatu matoru raa o te ana

kena i oho mai ai ki rangi meamea.he

tuu he ui he tikea he nape i te ingoa.ko ra

ngi meamea.a hau maka.he nape tokoa

i te ingoa o te maunga ko peke tau o hiti

a hau maka.he vari mai ki te rua painga

o maunga hau epa.he tikea.he nape i te

ingoa ko maunga hau epa. a Hau maka.

he vari hokoou mai ki te rua painga o

maunga hau epa.

On the twenty-third day of the month of July ('Anakena'), they reached Rangi Meamea.

When they arrived there, they looked around and gave the name 'Rangi Meamea A Hau Maka'.

They also named the mountain 'Peke Tau O Hiti A Hau Maka'.

They went around to the other side of the mountain Hau Epa, looked around, and gave the name 'Hau Epa A Hau Maka'.

p. 26

Lower third of the page cut off.

i ka onga mai nei ko te one ku tea ku ri

torito ana. he ki he ro korua e.i ana

nei te maara.mo noho mo te ariki he no

ho.he ata rarama i te maara.he angiangi

rivariva e Ira.he nape i te ingoa o te hanga

ko hanga moria one a Hau maka.he nape

i te ingoa o te maara ko oromoanga.he noho

he hakaora.anake.i ka ui atu ena ko te

honu ku tomo ana ki uta ki runga ki te

one.he tikea he ki he ro korua e.ko te

honu ku hoa ana ki uta he ki amua ta

tou ki oho ki huri mai ki uta he oho a

nake he tuu he ketu mai i te honu.he oho

te kope rae.ko Ira.he ketu mai i te ho

nu.kai ngaei mai.he ki atu a raparenga

ina ai o (koe) kei ka maeha koe ki oho a

tu au.he oho a Raparenga.(h)e ketu

mai i te honu kai ngaei te honu i a Raparenga.

When he (i.e., Ira) saw that the beach was white and clean, he said, 'Hey, you! Here is the place where the king can live!'

The stayed there and surveyed the plain with great care. Ira knew with certainty that it was very good.

He named the bay 'Hanga Moria One' and the plain 'Oromanga'.

They all sat down and rested, when suddenly they saw that a turtle had reached the shore and had crawled up on the beach.

He looked at it and said, 'Hey, you! The turtle has come on land!' He said, 'Let's go! Let's go back to the shore.' They all went to pick up the turtle.

Ira was the first one to try to lift the turtle - but she didn't move.

Then Raparenga said, 'You do not have the necessary ability. Get out of my way so that I can have a try!'

Raparenga stepped up and tried to lift the turtle - but Raparenga could not move her.

p. 27

In other words, the Explorers' encounter with the Turtle coming ashore was after they had reached Rangi Meamea in "July 23, whereas their hot meal on 3 kinds of fishes in Hanga Hoonu was before Anakena 23. Possibly the inspiration to include these 3 kinds of fishes in the story came from the pair in Pisces and the single fish Piscis Austrinus (Piscis Notius according to Hevelius), which were at the Full Moon late in JUNE. And perhaps they fetched fire as if from the funeral pyre in ST JOHN'S DAY.

... Midway comes St. John's Day, June 24th, the day on which the oak-king was sacrificially burned alive. The Celtic year was divided into two halves with the second half beginning in July, apparently after a seven-day wake, or funeral feast, in the oak-king's honour ...

ST JOHN'S DAY	JUNE 25	26 (177)	27

(96) Ga4-12	Ga4-13 (96)	Ga4-14	Ga4-15
p Carinae (159.3)	φ Hydrae (160.3)	no star listed (161)	VATHORZ POSTERIOR = θ Carinae (162.1), PEREGRINI = μ Velorum, η Carinae (162.6)
August 27	28 (240)	*29 (161)**	30
°August 23	24 (236)	*25 (157)**	26
'July 31	'August 1	2 (214)	*3 (500)**
"July 17	Anakena 18	19 (200)	*20 (121)**
... They made camp and rested at the Bay of Flies for a week (etahi pohitu). On the eighteenth day of the month of July (Anakena) they went on from Hanga Takaure. They climbed uphill, went on, and reached Poike. When they arrived, they looked around and named (the place) 'Poike A Hau Maka'. They climbed up farther to Pua Katiki. When they arrived there, they looked around and named (the place) 'Pua Katiki A Hau Maka'. They came down from the height, from the mountain, from Pua Katiki, and reached Maunga Teatea. They looked around and gave the name 'Maunga Teatea A Hau Maka'. They all descended, they all came down from Pua Katiki. They reached Mahatua, saw it, looked around, and gave the name 'Mahatua A Hau Maka'. Then they went on and came to Taharoa. They saw it, looked around, and gave the name 'Taharoa A Hau Maka'. Again they went on and reached Hanga Hoonu. They saw it, looked around, and gave the name 'Hanga Hoonu A Hau Maka'. On the same day, when they had reached the Bay of Turtles, they made camp and rested. They all saw the fish that were there, that were present in large numbers - Ah! Then they all went into the water, moved toward the shore, and threw the fish (with their hands) onto the dry land ...
NAKSHATRA DATES:
CHRISTMAS EVE	DECEMBER 25	26 (360)	27
CHRISTMAS EVE	DECEMBER 25	HANGA HOONU
η Aquarii (342.1), σ Gruis (340.4), SITULA = κ Aquarii (342.7)	ε Piscis Austrini (343.5), ο Pegasi, β Gruis (343.8)	ρ Gruis (344.0), MATAR = η Pegasi (344.2), η Gruis (344.6), β Oct. (344.7)	λ Pegasi (345.0), ξ Pegasi (345.1), ε Gruis (345.3), τ Aquarii (345.7), ξ Oct. (345.8), μ Pegasi (345.9)
February 26	27 (58)	28 (424)	*March 1 (345)**
°February 22	TERMINALIA	24 (55)	25
*'January 30 (315)**	31	'February 1 (32)	2
*"January 16 (301)**	17	18 (383)	19

JUNE 28	29 (180)	SIRIUS	*JULY 1 (102)**

(100) Ga4-16	Ga4-17 (100)	Ga4-18	Ga4-19
ν Hydrae (163.1)	no star listed (164) ~~ALTAIR (α Aquilae)~~	Wings-27 (Snake) η Oct. (165.4), ALKES (Shallow Basin) = α Crateris (165.6)	*ANA-TIPU-4 (Upper-side-pillar - where the guards stood)* MERAK = β Ursae Majoris (166.2), DUBHE (Bear) = α Ursae Majoris (166.7)
Aug 31	Sept 1	*2 (165)**	3 (246)
°Aug 27	28	*29 (161)**	30 (242)
'Aug 4 (216)	*5 (137)**	6	7
"July 21	22 / 7	Anakena 23 (204)	*24 (125)**
... Everywhere the dream soul looked around for a residence for the king. The dream soul went to Maunga Teatea and gave him the name Maunga Teatea A Hau Maka O Hiva. The dream soul of Hau Maka looked around. From Maunga Teatea she looked to Rangi Meamea (i.e., Ovahe). The dream soul spoke the following: There it is - ho! - the place - ho! - for the king - ho! - to live (there in the future), for this is (indeed) Rangi Meamea ... ... The Explorers arrived at Rangi Meamea in "July 23 (Anakena 23) and there they stayed on the beautiful beach of Oromanga for 27 days ... ... When Hotu's canoe had reached Taharoa, the vaginal fluid (of Hotu's pregnant wife) appeared. They sailed towards Hanga Hoonu [Bay of Turtles], where the mucus (kovare seems to refer to the amniotic sac in this case) appeared. They sailed on and came to Rangi Meamea, where the amniotic fluid ran out and the conctractions began. They anchored the canoe in the front part of the bay, in Hanga Rau. The canoe of Ava Rei Pua also arrived and anchoraged. After Hotu's canoe had anchoraged, the child of Vakai and Hotu appeared. It was Tuu Maheke, son of Hotu, a boy. After the canoe of Ava Rei Pua had also arrived and anchoraged, the child of Ava Rei Pua was born. It was a girl named Ava Rei Pua Poki ...
NAKSHATRA DATES:
DECEMBER 28	29	30 (364)	*31 (285)**
HANGA HOONU			*31 (285)**
ι Cephei (346.0), λ Aquarii, γ Piscis Austrini, σ Pegasi (346.5)	SCHEAT AQUARII = δ Aquarii (347.0), ρ Pegasi (347.2), δ Piscis Austrini (347.4), FOMALHAUT (Mouth of the Fish) = α Piscis Austrini, τ Gruis (347.8)	FUM AL SAMAKAH (Mouth of the Fish) = β Piscium (348.3), ζ Gruis (348.5), ο Andromedae (348.9)	*Al Fargh al Mukdim-24 (Fore Spout) /* Purva Bhādrapadā-26 (First of the Blessed Feet) / House-13 (Pig) SCHEAT PEGASI = β Pegasi, π Piscis Austrini (349.3), κ Gruis (349.4), MARKAB PEGASI = α Pegasi (349.5)
March 2	3-3	*4 (348)**	5 (64)
°Febr 26	2-27	*28 (344)**	°March 1 (60)
'Febr 3	4 (400 = 365 + 35)	5 (36)	*6 (322)**
"Jan 20	*21 (2 193)**	22	*23 (308)**

On Easter Island the name for December was Ko Koró:

... The ancient names of the month were: Tua haro, Tehetu'upú, Tarahao, Vaitu nui, Vaitu poru, He Maro, He Anakena, Hora iti, Hora nui, Tagaroa uri, Ko Ruti, Ko Koró ...

Koro. 1. Father (seems to be an older word than matu'a tamâroa). 2. Feast, festival; this is the generic term for feasts featuring songs and banquetting; koro hakaopo, feast where men and women danced. 3. When (also: ana koro); ana koro oho au ki Anakena, when I go to Anakena; in case, koro haga e îa, in case he wants it. Vanaga. If. Korokoro, To clack the tongue (kurukuru). Churchill. Ma.: aokoro, pukoro, a halo around the moon. Vi.: virikoro, a circle around the moon. There is a complete accord from Efaté through Viti to Polynesia in the main use of this stem and in the particular use which is set to itself apart. In Efaté koro answers equally well for fence and for halo. In the marked advance which characterizes social life in Viti and among the Maori the need has been felt of qualifying koro in some distinctive manner when its reference is celestial. In Viti virimbai has the meaning of putting up a fence (mbai fence); viri does not appear independently in this use, but it is undoubtedly homogenetic with Samoan vili, which has a basic meaning of going around; virikoro then signifies the ring-fence-that-goes-around, sc. the moon. In the Maori, aokoro is the cloud-fence. Churchill 2.

The circle of the year was completed in December according to the view adopted from civilized man north of the equator:

... Whare-patari, who is credited with introducing the year of twelve months into New Zealand, had a staff with twelve notches on it. He went on a visit to some people called Rua-roa (Long pit) [Ta.: ruaroa, tropic of Capricorn] who were famous round about for their extensive knowledge. They inquired of Whare how many months the year had according to his reckoning. He showed them the staff with its twelve notches, one for each month. They replied: 'We are in error since we have but ten months. Are we wrong in lifting our crop of kumara (sweet potato) in the eighth month?' Whare-patari answered: 'You are wrong. Leave them until the tenth month. Know you not that there are two odd feathers in a bird's tail? Likewise there are two odd months in the year.' The grateful tribe of Rua-roa adopted Whare's advice and found the sweet potato crop greatly improved as the result ... The Maori further accounted for the twelve months by calling attention to the fact that there are twelve feathers in the tail of the huia bird and twelve in the choker or bunch of white feathers which adorns the neck of the parson bird ...

Hagahuru. Ten (agahuru, hagauru). P Mq.: onohuú, okohuú, id. Ta.: ahuru. id. Churchill. The Maori recognized two main divisions of the year: winter or takurua, a name for Sirius which then shone as morning star, and summer, raumati or o-rongo-nui, 'of the great Rongo', god of agriculture. They occasionally recognized spring as the digging season koanga, from ko, the digging stick or spade. The autumn or harvest season was usually spoken of as ngahuru, 'tenth' (month), although it was considered to include also the last two months of the year. Mahuru was the personification of spring. Makemson.

When the Sun was at Sirius, in JUNE 30, then the Full Moon was in late DECEMBER. Therefore there should be a feast (koro) on 3 kinds of fishes (Piscis Notius, Austrinus, and Boreus) which were located there.

Why was this place named Hanga Hoonu? Possibly because the Chinese had a Turtle here: